Found 5 collections related toUnited States -- History, Naval

The McBlairs were a Maryland family. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Captain Charles H. McBlair, United States and Confederate naval officer; his wife, Fanny Duncan McBlair; his mother-in-law, Margaret S. Duncan, of...
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The McBlairs were a Maryland family. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Captain Charles H. McBlair, United States and Confederate naval officer; his wife, Fanny Duncan McBlair; his mother-in-law, Margaret S. Duncan, of Carlisle, Pa., and Baltimore, Md.; his brother, Thomas P. McBlair, purser in the United States Navy; and Alexander McDonald, merchant of Baltimore, Md.
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Bryan Hannon (1895- ) was an American author. Collection includes "Melangitis," a collection of writings, comments, letters, clippings, and other papers on philology, and a variety of other subjects; radio script of "The Trolley Bible of the...
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Bryan Hannon (1895- ) was an American author. Collection includes "Melangitis," a collection of writings, comments, letters, clippings, and other papers on philology, and a variety of other subjects; radio script of "The Trolley Bible of the Broadway Line," 1944; and classroom sketches of naval figures by Hannon's son, Brian Hannon.
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George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932) was an authority on gems and the author of books and articles on gems, minerals, folklore and antiquities. He was active in campaigns to save and extend the parks in New York City. Collection consists of...
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George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932) was an authority on gems and the author of books and articles on gems, minerals, folklore and antiquities. He was active in campaigns to save and extend the parks in New York City. Collection consists of scrapbooks concerning the welcome for the North Atlantic Fleet of the United States Navy in October 1912, by a committee of citizens appointed by William J. Gaynor, mayor of New York City. Includes letters, invitations, addresses, photographs, clippings, and other memorabilia collected by Kunz.
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Simeon A. Stearns (b. 1815) was a U.S. Marine quartermaster sergeant on board the U.S.S. Vincennes, the flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) which circumnavigated the world under the command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes...
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Simeon A. Stearns (b. 1815) was a U.S. Marine quartermaster sergeant on board the U.S.S. Vincennes, the flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) which circumnavigated the world under the command of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes of the U.S. Navy. The Simeon A. Stearns papers consists of one volume containing his journal of the Expedition, 1839-1841, with related writings, 1838-1840. Also present are three letters, one to Simeon A. Stearns dated 1842, and two to his brother Daniel B. Stearns, dated 1834 and 1837. The journal covers voyages in the Pacific Ocean from Polynesia to Sydney, Australia and Antarctica, and then to Tonga and the Fiji Islands via Sydney and New Zealand, 1839-1840. Entries for 1841 concern a land expedition from Fort Nisqually on Puget Sound in Oregon.
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Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), U.S. naval officer, was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. Collection consists of general incoming correspondence, 1821-1873, and official reports and letters received while Goldsborough...
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Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), U.S. naval officer, was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. Collection consists of general incoming correspondence, 1821-1873, and official reports and letters received while Goldsborough commanded the USS Congress during the Civil War, and while commanding the European Squadron, 1866-1867. Also, correspondence concerning the American ships Congress, Frolic, Kearsarge, Canandaigua, Augusta, Colorado, Shamrock, Swatara, and Ticonderoga; and personal and family correspondence of his wife, Elizabeth Gamble Wirt, 1830-1873.
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